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Private intelligence agency

January 01, 1970

A private intelligence agency (PIA) is a private sector (non-governmental) or quasi-non-government organization devoted to the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information, through the evaluation of public sources (OSINT or Open Source INTelligence) and cooperation with other institutions.[1] Some private intelligence agencies obtain information deceptively or through on-the-ground activities for clients.[2][3][4][5][6]

Private agencies have made their services available to governments as well as individual consumers; they have also sold their services to large corporations with an interest or investment in the category (e.g. crime, disease, corruption, etc.) or the region (e.g. Middle East, Vietnam, Prague, etc.) or to investigate perceived threats such as environmental groups or human rights groups.[7][8][9][10][11]

Some private intelligence agencies use online perception management,[12] social media influencing/manipulation campaigns, strategic disinformation[13] (such as fake news production/propaganda production[14]), opposition research and political campaigns using social media and artificial intelligence such as Psy-Group, Cambridge Analytica and Black Cube.[15][16][17][18][19] The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab described the activity of Archimedes Group as practicing "information warfare".[20] Former anti-corruption prosecutor Aaron Sayne said private intelligence is "an industry that's largely undocumented and has very flexible ethical norms" as agencies collect and use sensitive information "for one purpose on day one and some completely contradictory purpose on day two".[21]

The private intelligence industry has boomed due to shifts in how the U.S. government is conducting espionage in the War on Terror. Some $56 billion (USD) or 70% of the $80 billion national intelligence budget of the United States was in 2013 earmarked for the private sector according to The New York Times' Tim Shorrock. Functions previously performed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), and other intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private intelligence corporations.[22]

List of private intelligence companies edit

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  1. ^ Smith, Michael (2008-06-01). (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ^ Bergman, Ronen; Shane, Scott (2019-01-28). "The Case of the Bumbling Spy: A Watchdog Group Gets Him on Camera". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ^ Entous, Adam (2019-02-28). "How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro-Palestinian Activists in the U.S." The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. ^ Chang, Alvin (2018-03-23). "The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagram". Vox. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  5. ^ "Harvey Weinstein Hired ex-Mossad Agents to Track Women Accusing Him of Sexual Assault". Haaretz. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  6. ^ "APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog". The Seattle Times. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  7. ^ Keefe, Patrick R. (2010-03-12), "Privatized Spying: The Emerging Intelligence Industry", in Johnson, Loch K. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence, Oxford University Press, pp. 295–309, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195375886.003.0018, ISBN 9780195375886, retrieved 2019-06-19
  8. ^ Ripley, Amanda (31 July 1998). "Rent A-Spook". Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  9. ^ "UK worry over Aussie spy link". NewsComAu. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  10. ^ Shezaf, Hagar; Jacobson, Jonathan (2018-10-20). "Revealed: Israel's Cyber-spy Industry Helps World Dictators Hunt Dissidents and Gays". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  11. ^ Britovšek, Jaroš; Tičar, Bojan; Sotlar, Andrej (2018-04-01). "Private intelligence in the Republic of Slovenia: theoretical, legal, and practical aspects". Security Journal. 31 (2): 410–427. doi:10.1057/s41284-017-0107-0. ISSN 1743-4645. S2CID 157343997.
  12. ^ Granville, Kevin (2018-03-19). "Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: What You Need to Know as Fallout Widens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  13. ^ Entous, Adam; Farrow, Ronan (2019-02-11). "Private Mossad for Hire". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  14. ^ Mazzetti, Mark; Bergman, Ronen; Kirkpatrick, David D.; Haberman, Maggie (2018-10-08). "Rick Gates Sought Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm for Trump Campaign". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  15. ^ Biddle, Sam (2019-06-11). "Right-Wing Sting Group Project Veritas Is Breaking Facebook's "Authentic Behavior" Rule. Now What?". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  16. ^ Farrow, Adam EntousRonan (11 February 2019). "Private Mossad for Hire". www.newyorker.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  17. ^ Cadwalladr, Carole (2018-03-18). "'I made Steve Bannon's psychological warfare tool': meet the data war whistleblower". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  18. ^ Samantha Bradshaw & Philip N. Howard, “Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation.” Samuel Woolley and Philip N. Howard, Eds. Working Paper 2017.12. Oxford, UK: Project on Computational Propaganda. comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk. 37 pp. http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/politicalbots/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/07/Troops-Trolls-and-Troublemakers.pdf
  19. ^ Gabrielle Lim. "Disinformation Annotated Bibliography." Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, May 2019. https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Disinformation-Bibliography.pdf
  20. ^ "Facebook says Israeli company used fake accounts to target African elections". CNN. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  21. ^ Burgis, Tom (14 January 2017). "Dossier affair shines light on shadowy private intelligence work: In the corporate sphere paymasters sometimes have ulterior motives". Financial Times. p. 3.
  22. ^ Abbot, Sebastian. . News21 Project. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

January 01, 1970
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A private intelligence agency PIA is a private sector non governmental or quasi non government organization devoted to the collection analysis and exploitation of information through the evaluation of public sources OSINT or Open Source INTelligence and cooperation with other institutions 1 Some private intelligence agencies obtain information deceptively or through on the ground activities for clients 2 3 4 5 6 Private agencies have made their services available to governments as well as individual consumers they have also sold their services to large corporations with an interest or investment in the category e g crime disease corruption etc or the region e g Middle East Vietnam Prague etc or to investigate perceived threats such as environmental groups or human rights groups 7 8 9 10 11 Some private intelligence agencies use online perception management 12 social media influencing manipulation campaigns strategic disinformation 13 such as fake news production propaganda production 14 opposition research and political campaigns using social media and artificial intelligence such as Psy Group Cambridge Analytica and Black Cube 15 16 17 18 19 The Atlantic Council s Digital Forensic Research Lab described the activity of Archimedes Group as practicing information warfare 20 Former anti corruption prosecutor Aaron Sayne said private intelligence is an industry that s largely undocumented and has very flexible ethical norms as agencies collect and use sensitive information for one purpose on day one and some completely contradictory purpose on day two 21 The private intelligence industry has boomed due to shifts in how the U S government is conducting espionage in the War on Terror Some 56 billion USD or 70 of the 80 billion national intelligence budget of the United States was in 2013 earmarked for the private sector according to The New York Times Tim Shorrock Functions previously performed by the Central Intelligence Agency CIA National Security Agency NSA and other intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private intelligence corporations 22 List of private intelligence companies editActive AEGIS UK AggregateIQ Canada Archimedes Group Israel Black Cube Israel amp UK Booz Allen Hamilton US Control Risks Group UK Emerdata Limited UK Fusion GPS US Groupe GEOS France Hakluyt amp Company UK Kroll Inc US NSO Group Israel Oxford Analytica UK Palantir Technologies US Pinkerton National Detective Agency US Smith Brandon International Inc US Stratfor US Inactive Cambridge Analytica UK Psy Group Israel SCL Group UK See also editPrivate military company Private security company Private investigator Defense contractor Business intelligence Competitive intelligence Open source intelligence Think tank Labor spying in the United StatesReferences edit Smith Michael 2008 06 01 Private Intelligence Companies PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2009 02 05 Retrieved 2011 09 28 Bergman Ronen Shane Scott 2019 01 28 The Case of the Bumbling Spy A Watchdog Group Gets Him on Camera The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 06 11 Entous Adam 2019 02 28 How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro Palestinian Activists in the U S The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved 2019 06 11 Chang Alvin 2018 03 23 The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal explained with a simple diagram Vox Retrieved 2019 06 11 Harvey Weinstein Hired ex Mossad Agents to Track Women Accusing Him of Sexual Assault Haaretz 2017 11 07 Retrieved 2019 06 11 APNewsBreak Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog The Seattle Times 2019 01 25 Retrieved 2019 06 11 Keefe Patrick R 2010 03 12 Privatized Spying The Emerging Intelligence Industry in Johnson Loch K ed The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence Oxford University Press pp 295 309 doi 10 1093 oxfordhb 9780195375886 003 0018 ISBN 9780195375886 retrieved 2019 06 19 Ripley Amanda 31 July 1998 Rent A Spook Retrieved 4 March 2013 UK worry over Aussie spy link NewsComAu 2016 01 18 Retrieved 2019 06 19 Shezaf Hagar Jacobson Jonathan 2018 10 20 Revealed Israel s Cyber spy Industry Helps World Dictators Hunt Dissidents and Gays Haaretz Retrieved 2019 06 19 Britovsek Jaros Ticar Bojan Sotlar Andrej 2018 04 01 Private intelligence in the Republic of Slovenia theoretical legal and practical aspects Security Journal 31 2 410 427 doi 10 1057 s41284 017 0107 0 ISSN 1743 4645 S2CID 157343997 Granville Kevin 2018 03 19 Facebook and Cambridge Analytica What You Need to Know as Fallout Widens The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 06 11 Entous Adam Farrow Ronan 2019 02 11 Private Mossad for Hire The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved 2019 06 11 Mazzetti Mark Bergman Ronen Kirkpatrick David D Haberman Maggie 2018 10 08 Rick Gates Sought Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm for Trump Campaign The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 06 11 Biddle Sam 2019 06 11 Right Wing Sting Group Project Veritas Is Breaking Facebook s Authentic Behavior Rule Now What The Intercept Retrieved 2019 06 11 Farrow Adam EntousRonan 11 February 2019 Private Mossad for Hire www newyorker com Retrieved 2019 06 11 Cadwalladr Carole 2018 03 18 I made Steve Bannon s psychological warfare tool meet the data war whistleblower The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2019 06 11 Samantha Bradshaw amp Philip N Howard Troops Trolls and Troublemakers A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation Samuel Woolley and Philip N Howard Eds Working Paper 2017 12 Oxford UK Project on Computational Propaganda comprop oii ox ac uk 37 pp http blogs oii ox ac uk politicalbots wp content uploads sites 89 2017 07 Troops Trolls and Troublemakers pdf Gabrielle Lim Disinformation Annotated Bibliography Citizen Lab University of Toronto May 2019 https citizenlab ca wp content uploads 2019 05 Disinformation Bibliography pdf Facebook says Israeli company used fake accounts to target African elections CNN 16 May 2019 Retrieved 2019 06 12 Burgis Tom 14 January 2017 Dossier affair shines light on shadowy private intelligence work In the corporate sphere paymasters sometimes have ulterior motives Financial Times p 3 Abbot Sebastian The Outsourcing of U S Intelligence Analysis News21 Project Archived from the original on 8 February 2012 Retrieved 28 February 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Private intelligence agency amp oldid 1222918483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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